If you thought the Obama response to Libya was painfully slow and painfully impotent, how do you suppose he would deal with a social uprising taking place in China?
The unrest in Libya was days old and increasingly violent before President Obama f

China approved property tax trials on some homes in Shanghai and Chongqing, adding to measures announced earlier this week in its campaign to curb real-estate speculation and asset bubbles. Both cities will begin trials for the levy today, following

The cables show escalating Chinese pressure prompted a procession of soothing visits from the U.S.Treasury Department. In one striking instance, a top Chinese money manager directly asked U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for a favor.

Rare earth elements (REE) - A nod is as good as a wink to a blind man, horse, donkey, country or world
Rare earth elements (REE) - when will I stop beating this dead horse?
Canadian rare earth element (REE) mining stocks move higher Wednesday o

China plans to tighten control over rare earths producers and restrict output in a five-year development strategy, the Cabinet said Wednesday, amid concern abroad about plans to reduce exports of the exotic minerals used in high-tech goods.

Demand for physical and non-physical gold in China is soaring. The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) reportedly sold nearly 7 tons of physical gold in January alone, almost half of what they sold in all of 2010, according to Reuters.

China's foreign exchange regulator has refuted media reports that the country may lose up to $ 450 billion by holding bonds of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the US mortgage giants, which according to speculation may be phased out by the US government.

At issue are three kinds of Fannie and Freddie securities. The two companies' stock prices have plunged to nearly zero, but SAFE said in its statement Friday that China has never invested in the stock of the two companies, so it hasn't been...

Has the United States put itself between the proverbial rock and a hard place?
Is the United States beholden to China for critical resources in the same way that we are beholden on countries for oil.
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China raised interest rates on Tuesday for the second time in just over six weeks, intensifying a battle in the fast-expanding economy against stubbornly high inflation that threatens to unsettle global markets.
The timing was a surprise, coming o

Having a lot of overbuilding would be a huge issue for a western real estate market. The difference is that they are not urbanizing at 20-30 million people per year and they do not have a political system where the government can go to the villages a

China's economy has been forging ahead at a sizzling rate. The last quarter of 2010 came in with a bang louder than Chinese New Year—analysts pegged the growth in their economy at more than 10 percent. Yet a leading Chinese economist sees warning si

If passed, Toomey's plan would require the government to cut large checks to foreign countries, and major financial institutions, before paying off its obligations to Social Security beneficiaries and other citizens owed money by the Treasury...

A blood-soaked cartoon that marks the Year of the Rabbit by portraying a bunny revolt against brutal tiger overlords has proven an online hit, with its thinly veiled stab at China's communist rulers. The "South Park"-style video by animator Wang Bo,

Built to battle skyscraper fires, this jet-propelled water cannon is the new pride and joy of China’s Luoyang City fire department. It is made from a jet-fighter engine and is capable of spraying 4 tons of water per minute.

A former B-2 stealth bomber engineer was sentenced to 32 years in prison for selling military secrets to China in the latest of several high-profile cases of Chinese espionage in the U.S. He would likely be in his late 80s by the time he is released

Shi Jianfeng tried to save himself some money and ended up being yanked into court and sent to jail for life. Most people in the world face life imprisonment for premeditated murder, serial rapes, terrorism, kidnapping, habitual sex crimes, and plots

President Obama warned President Hu Jintao that if China did not step up its pressure on North Korea, the United States would have to redeploy its forces in Asia to protect itself from a potential North Korean strike on American soil, a senior admini

What Does China Want? - The CIA's 'Personality Transformation' Program - Thinking About Expatriation or Giving Up U.S. Citizenship? - Money Supply Firing on All Cylinders? - Whatcha Gonna Do When They Come for You?, and they're on steroids?